Comments (50)

You are right. It looks like the fuselage is going to fall out of the air and crash. A great shot. But I can never find ways to get good shots like this one; close up.

Anonymous

10 years ago

I love this effect when photographing Dash-8's very good!!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Great shot and nice lightning. Looks really strange with only the nose-gear visible!

Anonymous

10 years ago

It looks like it is makin´ balance with the nose gear. What a sight. T.B.

Anonymous

10 years ago

The dash 8 seems to be rolling on one one leg. Wheres the other :o) Great pic

Anonymous

10 years ago

Very interesting angle, Paul! :-) I never think Dash 8 could be that funny!

_Hongyin_

Anonymous

10 years ago

Excellent Paul. How did you capture this. The airplane appears to be 'hanging' in the air with the nose wheel touching the ground. The 'heat swirls' off the engines giving the sense of 'motion', along with the circular prop imprints. The sight of the crew members revealing 'activity'. The sharpness of the aircraft and the fading background with the heat heat swirls in the upper half of the picture. Terrific, in my view. Thank you

Anonymous

10 years ago

Cool Photo!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Damn it Paul ;-) You stole the idea I had of taking a DHC8 on this angle! Haha, excellent shot, I really like it! Keep it up!

Anonymous

10 years ago

That is AMAZING!
Beautiful shot man!

Anonymous

10 years ago

The Dash 8 is a really wonderful plane. I always wanted to fly in one, and have never been able to. Such a shame they do not operate in Malaysia. :(

Great shot! Especially of the one-wheel illusion. ;)

Anonymous

10 years ago

Finally, latest improvement model from Dash-8 has arrived. Equipped with INVISIBLE main landing gear!!! Great invent!

Great shot also :D
From Arch, TH

Anonymous

10 years ago

Amazing shot and very creative!

Anonymous

9 years ago

I love the pictures of the Dash 8, in which it is looking as if she is hanging in the air! And this one is even in such nice light conditions!!!
Great

Anonymous

9 years ago

Superb motive!

Anonymous

9 years ago

One of the most interesting motives I have seen in a long time.

Anonymous

9 years ago

I thought the captain was David Blaine.... Who else can create this optical illusion?

Anonymous

9 years ago

One of the best head on shots of a Q300 I have ever seen. I was at Bombardier-Wichita for six years and saw the first Q400 on a daily basis.

Anonymous

9 years ago

From that angel, it looks like its levatating for it not to avoid a tail slide

Anonymous

9 years ago

Very good photo

Anonymous

8 years ago

You sure got the right moment for shooting! 5* Great!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Poor photo in my opinion. The photo gives a false perception of the aircraft.

Anonymous

8 years ago

Great Shot!!!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Amazing shot! Almost look like the aircraft is only using one wheel.

Anonymous

8 years ago

Superb, you had less than a second to make that "perfect" shot, and you made it. very nice job

Anonymous

8 years ago

The 'false perception' in this photo makes it a great shot. There aren't many photo's of the Q300 like this one. Just great!

Anonymous

7 years ago

I was sooo confused and then..... lightbulb the wheels are on the wings lol!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Look at those heat waves

Anonymous

7 years ago

LOL looks like the plane is doing a wheeli

Anonymous

7 years ago

Fantastic looks like it's about to fall

Anonymous

7 years ago

Poor Photo???? I totally disagree. Great photos frequently cause us to examine and study what we are looking at. This photo challenges our understanding of aircraft design, and leads us to conclude that this is in fact a UNICYCLE, not an airplane!! GREAT Photo... thank you for shooting it! M.L.

Anonymous

7 years ago

This shot deserves 10 stars. 'nuff said.

Braniff747SP

Anonymous

7 years ago

Fantastic - Very well framed creating an unusual sensory image. Well captured.

Anonymous

7 years ago

This is not a poor photo. Instead it shows the creativity of the photographer. This photo deserves 5 Stars. Thanks for sharing Paul.

Regards
Krishley.G.D.Purmanun

Anonymous

7 years ago

I don't get it. Someone explain. haha, I've been looking at it for 5 mins. and still dont get it.....

Anonymous

7 years ago

Its cool but one thing the co pilot is not wering sun glasses !

Anonymous

7 years ago

Great picture

Anonymous

6 years ago

Great catch!

Anonymous

6 years ago

Cool! :)
Russian An-24/26/30/32 can make this "trick" too ;)

Anonymous

6 years ago

It makes me wonder where the wheels is... ;)

Anonymous

6 years ago

Quality photo, makes the dash 8 look like its floating

Anonymous

6 years ago

The Picture is perfect and unique! It

Anonymous

6 years ago

Wow 5*! This is one of my favorite planes to fly on! I work with them everyday and have never thought of taking a picture like this! Great angle!!
Steve.CLT.

Anonymous

6 years ago

What a fat Dash-8

Anonymous

6 years ago

The air of suspension is great!

Anonymous

5 years ago

I flew on these every fortnight not that long ago, and if I'd seen this I would have found it disconcerting to say the least! It just looks wrong!

Anonymous

5 years ago

I used to think exactly the same thing about the Fokker Friendship :)

Anonymous

5 years ago

Heh heh, funny; it has no pair of wheels on the back. besides that it is pretty darn good

Anonymous

4 years ago

It's one of the first things I noticed - and loved - about the Dash-8 from when they first started operating in Australia. Wonderful capture of a wonderful bird! Thanks for a good smile.